ML18033B295
| ML18033B295 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 05/04/1990 |
| From: | Wilson B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18033B294 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-90-08, 50-259-90-8, 50-260-90-08, 50-260-90-8, 50-296-90-08, 50-296-90-8, NUDOCS 9005170004 | |
| Download: ML18033B295 (4) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry 1, 2, and 3
Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on March 16 - April 16,
- 1990, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
The violation involved failure to take compensatory samples required by the Technical Specifications.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1990),
the violation is listed below:
Technical Specification Section 3.2.D, Radioactive Liquid Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation, Table 3.2.D, Note D requires that with the Raw Cooling Water Radiation Monitor inoperable, grab samples will be collected at least once per eight hours and analyzed for radioactivity.
Contrary to the above, radiation monitor 1-RM-90-132D was inoperable and the requirements were not met on April 4,
- 1990, when two consecutive samples required by Technical Specification 3.2.D were missed.
This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control
- Desk, Washington, DC
- 20555, with a
copy to the Associate Director for Special
- Projects, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice.
This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include:
(1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results
- achieved, (4) the 9005170004
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Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry I, 2, and 3
2 Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Where good cause is
- shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ruce A. Wilson, Assistant Director for Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this4~ day of May 1990
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